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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”

The Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
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The Magi in Ethiopic Tradition

Aethiopica, 2013
The paper traces various extra–biblical strains of tradition concerning the Magi (MT 2,1–12) in Geʿez literature. The Magi (mäsäggǝlan, säbʾa sägäl) are present in various Ethiopic compositions, both translated from other languages and original.
Witold Witakowski
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F IS FOR FALCON: THE TRUE STORY OF THE ‘NOVELLE’

German Life and Letters, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 311-322, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This article takes a closer look at the Boccaccio story upon which Paul Heyse based his famous ‘Falken‐Theorie’ of the ‘Novelle’. The essay then links Boccaccio to a general account of storytelling as an aid to survival amid the hostility of nature and human circumstances.
Michael Minden
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“Embedded” stories: on one literary device in the Syriac memre [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. Филология
In the article at the first time is analyzed a special literary device in the Syriac memre – the “embedded” stories. By this device the fictitious character, in turn, becomes the narrator.
Sofia Fomicheva
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Identifying Deification: Methodological Reflections in Response to the Oxford Handbook of Deification

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 318-329, July 2026.
Abstract This paper offers a reflection on methodological issues surrounding the historical study of deification in response to the approach proposed in the Oxford Handbook of Deification. The paper contextualises the OHD's proposal in light of previous attempts to address the question of how to define/identify the concept of deification.
Brendan A. Harris
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The Coptic Church in the Aftermath of the Second Vatican Council: Theological or Tactical Anti‐Judaism?

Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 667-685, July 2026.
Abstract Vatican II's declaration on the Jews, absolving them from collective guilt of deicide, marked a significant turning point in Catholic theology. Arab governments tended to perceive this development as evidence that Catholics (or Christians generally) were taking the side of Zionist Jews in the Arab‐Israeli conflict.
Amir Krispel
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Apokryficzny "Dialogus Iohannis cum Iesu" (CApNT 27) jako gnostycka reinterpretacja dziejów patriarchów i komentarz do Hbr 7, 3

Vox Patrum, 2007
This article contains Polish translation and commentary to an apocryphal Gnostic text known as Dialogus Johannis cum Iesu (CApNT 27). The fragmental Coptic manuscript from the Deir el-Bala’izah collection (IV/V century A.D.) is the unique known ...
Rafał Zarzeczny
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Environmental Politics in North and East Syria/Rojava: A Scoping and Conceptual Literature Review

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 26, Issue 1, Page 74-89, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This article presents a scoping and conceptual literature review on environmental politics in North and East Syria/Rojava. The review aims to synthesize existing academic research in English on the interplay between armed conflict and environmental change in the region, focusing on the Kurdish‐led socio‐political model known as the Autonomous ...
Pinar Dinc, Maria Andrea Nardi, Mo Hamza   +2 more
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The letter of Mara bar Serapion: the “puzzle” from the Late Antiquity [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. Филология
This article is devoted to the study of an important Syriac work, the letter of Mara bar Serapion. Using the methods of literary and rhetorical analysis, the author examines the content and the form of one of the series of paradigms presented in the text,
Sofia Fomicheva
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Ordinal Numerals as a Criterion for Subclassification: The Case of Semitic

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 240-256, March 2026.
Abstract This article explores how ordinal numerals (like first, second and third) can help classify languages, focusing on the Semitic language family. Ordinals are often formed according to productive derivational processes, but as a separate word class, they may retain archaic morphology that is otherwise lost from the language.
Benjamin D. Suchard
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